de-Stalinize

or de·sta·lin·ize

[ dee-stah-luh-nahyz, -stal-uh- ]

verb (used without object),de-Sta·lin·ized, de-Sta·lin·iz·ing.
  1. (of a Communist country) to engage in de-Stalinization.

verb (used with object),de-Sta·lin·ized, de-Sta·lin·iz·ing.
  1. to subject to de-Stalinization.

Origin of de-Stalinize

1
First recorded in 1955–60; de- + Stalin + -ize
  • Also especially British, de-Sta·lin·ise, de·sta·lin·ise .

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